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  <title><![CDATA[The M.D.: A Horror Story]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas M. Disch]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Aug 22 10:20:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Where to begin? The beginning is great; creepy, well-written, draws you right into the family &amp; all the characters. There is a lot of interesting foreshadowing. Then someone dies, book two begins &amp; we're somewhere completely different. But it's okay, you get back into the rhythm of the story &amp; perse...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68456503">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thomas M. Disch, The M.D. (Berkley, 1991)<br/><br/>There's a scene about halfway through The M.D. that really shows why Thomas M. Disch, though not a household name in letters, is revered by critics and discerning bibliophiles. I'm usually the harshest of reviewers when it comes to message fiction...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61185055">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 15 13:27:42 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 06 22:08:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Disch did a number of &quot;Supernatural Minnesota&quot; books that combine the presence of absurdly mundane mystical beings with very, very messed-up human beings.  In this case, a young boy is given a mystical staff by Mercury, who appears as Santa, that allows him to heal any sickness.  Unfortuna...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7759402">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 08 08:09:34 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I randomly found this book in a used bookstore and picked it up because of the rave endorsements.  The plot summary makes the book sound a bit crazy and all over the place (a little boy visited by a vision of Santa who really turns out to be the god Mercury who wants his soul, etc. etc. etc.) but it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13936164">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Genuinely unnerving, not due to discrete horrific setpieces (though it has its share) but the sustained tone of sociopathic detachment.  When a literalized evil treats the world as a petri dish for its disinterested, coolly scientific inquiries, anything can happen; here, it does, again and again.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26007938">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24850303">
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    <body><![CDATA[George: I read this a long time ago, but I remember it as being very good, unique and fast reading. I believe it is an excellent book that was overlooked by most people. It may be of most interest to guys.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it in high school. Loaned it and never got it back, so I had to buy a 2nd copy!  Hard to believe that he wrote <strong>The Brave Little Toaster</strong> !]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't scare easily, but this is one of the few books that really freaked me out.  I have loved it since I first read it in middle school.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far this book is Very Funny and entertaining. Ill let ya know how I feel when I am done.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[thomas disch is a new FAVORITE. read him.<br/>]]></body>
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